Dinner-pail.



No. 763,437. Q 4 PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.-

H-SOBBY.

DINNER PAIL.

. APPLICATION FILED IBB. l5 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904.

PATENT FFIQE.

HERBERT SOBEY, OF REPUBLIC, MICHIGAN.

DINNER-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 763,437, dated June 28, 1904.

Application filed February 15, 1904:. Serial Nol 193.693. (N0 model.

To (all w/wm, it vnwy concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT SoBEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Republic, in the county of Marquette, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dinner-Pails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to pails, and more particularly to the class known as lunchpails, and has for its object to provide a device of this nature which will be so constructed that food and beverages contained therein will not absorb impurities from the material of which the pail is formed.

A further object is to provide a construction in which the pail may be easily and quickly cleansed and in which the heat of the food contained therein will be retained for a maximum length of time.. I

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the bailretainer.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a body portion 5, formed of tin or other suitable metal, which is reduced at its upper edge, as shown at 6, to receive a cover 7, the edge of the reduced portion 6 being turned inwardly, as shown at 8, to form a flange.

To the outer face of the body portion, at diametrically opposite points thereof, are secured perforated ears 9 for thereception of a bail, and above the ears are secured springplates 11, which engage the bail to hold it in' position to be grasped by the hand.

A receptacle 12 is provided, of glass, porcelain,or similar material, and has an outwardlydirected flange 13 at its upper edge, which rests upon the flange 8 and holds the receptaole slightly spaced from the sides and bottom of the body portion. Between the flanges 8 and 13 there is disposed a rubber or similar gasket 14, which prevents movement of the receptacle and forms a tight joint between the flanges. I

A supplemental receptacle 15 is provided, which is in the form ofa shallow tray and which is made of the same material as the receptacle 12, and this tray is also provided with an outwardly-extending flange 16, which rests upon a gasket 17, disposed upon the flange 13. The tray 15 is considerably shallower than the receptacle 12, so that there is formed a space 18 between the bottoms of the two receptacles. which may be used to hold coffee or other beverages, the gasket 17 preventing leakage thereof between the flanges 13 and 16. If desired, hot water may be placed in the space between the sides and bottom of the body portion 5 and the receptacle 12 to retain the heat of the beverage.

To hold the receptacles against movement with respect to each other and the body portion during transportation of the pail, the cap 7 is provided with a gasket 19, which is secured to the under face thereof in any suitable manner and which is so disposed that when the cap is in place it will bear against the flange 16. To the upper face of the cap there is secured the usual circular member 20, which receives a cup 21, and in the present instance this member has an inwardlydirected flange 22, which receives a gasket 23. A receptacle 24:, similar to the receptacle 12, is provided for the member 20 and lies with its flange 25 against the gasket 23. There is thus provided a compartment 26 for butter or similar material, which will be so far removed from the coffee as not to be affected by the heat thereof.

It will of course be understood that the tray 15 is to receive food, which will be kept warm by the heat from the coffee, and that the airspace between the receptacle 24 and the member 20 will prevent such heat from reaching the butter.

What is claimed is In a dinner-pail, the combination with a vessel having an inwardly-directed flange at its upper edge, of a receptacle having an outwardly-directed flange disposed within the vessel and arranged for the reception of liquid, with its flange lying above that of the vessel,

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